Archive for Items Categorized 'US', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Cadillac
by Stephen Salmieri & Owen Edwards
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this book is the fact that it had been born—after conception and gestation—at all. Towards the end of Edwards’ long essay, he describes a fire that almost destroyed his negatives.
Harley Earl
by Stephen Bayley
An opinionated appraisal of the larger-than-life American designer from a British perspective.
Brightwork: Classic American Car Ornamentation
by Ken Steacy
This pleasant book introduces us to the vast variety of hood ornaments, horn buttons, emblems, and scripts of American automobiles.
The Franklin Automobile Company
by Sinclair Powell
Over 150,000 of this American luxury car with an air-cooled engine were made over its 30-year life span. Today it’s a novelty at best; here’s the full story.
Airstream, The History of the Land Yacht
by Bryan Burkhart & David Hunt
Where has the “aluminum-skinned, gleaming silver bullet” aka “The Silver Twinkie” not been to on this planet?? At its prime it wasn’t just a trailer but a subculture whose practitioners crisscrossed the globe en masse.
Lost Hot Rods II: More Remarkable Stories of How They Were Found
by Pat Ganahl
You have photos of your kids in your wallet, Ganahl has hot rods—and they’re not even his! He’s just looking for them, the ones that dropped off the radar, just so that he knows. And now we know, too.
Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars
by Paul Ingrassia
Not so much a “car book” as a cultural history of a vastly large and diverse country, this commentary / examination / indictment raises as many questions as it answers. Mission accomplished.
The Illustrated Buyer’s Guide to DeLorean Automobiles
by James V. Espey
This gullwinged wonder built in Ireland for, mainly, the US market by an iconic GM engineer had everything going for it, and then it all fell apart. This book can save your buying experience from falling apart!
Grand Delusions, The Cosmic Career of John DeLorean
by Hillel Levin
Strange car, strange man, strange story—nothing is simple, and it takes an investigative reporter to tell the tale just so.
Cord 810/812, The Timeless Classic
by Josh B Malks
Malks’ attention to detail and style of writing certainly makes it easy to sing the praises of his book. He is a former president of the A-C-D club and the tech editor of their magazine.
The Jordan Automobile, A History
by James H. Lackey
A swanky car, made in America’s “second” auto city, Cleveland. A dance partner told Ned Jordan to make cars a woman would want—and so he did. The most expensive one cost as much as two houses. It couldn’t last.
Cunningham C-4RK
by P. Bodensteiner, photos by P. Harholdt
An American car campaigned by an American team with American drivers, showing the Europeans what’s what. It would come to pass, but not with this car.
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